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Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat

From Judge Carlos Mendoza (M.D. Fla.) in U.S. v. Joudeh: Defendant is charged with one count of transmission of an...

Reason By Eugene Volokh Aug 7, 2026, 12:32 PM Captured Aug 7, 2026, 3:15 PM

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Defendant is charged with one count of transmission of an interstate threat to injure or kill another person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c).

The facts alleged in the Indictment state that Defendant violated this statute via "an online comment that included the statement, 'I wish someone would in alive him.'" The Indictment provides no further information as to where or why this comment was posted, to whom it was communicated, or who the referenced "him" is in the comment.

The "him" was, however, apparently identified in this search warrant affidavit:

On June 22, 2025, United States District Court Judge, John L.

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A 0/100 risk

No high-confidence reader-steering cues were detected in the captured source wording.

Report confidence: 85%
Content format: opinion
Evidence findings: 0
Sentences checked: 46
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate libertarian-right (+55, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

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The facts alleged in the Indictment state that Defendant violated this statute via "an online comment that included the statement, 'I wish someone would in alive him.'" The Indictment provides no further information as to where or why this comment was posted, to whom it was communicated, or who the referenced "him" is in the comment.
Uncertainty qualifiers 2
Qualifiers such as may, might, or reportedly are disclosed as technique but do not add framing-risk points by themselves.

In addressing the defendant's argument that the final three sentences of this post established that it was not a true threat because "[m]erely wishing[ ] or hoping that harm would come to another falls outside the scope of" § 875(c), the Third Circuit reasoned that it was possible for a wish to "constitute a threat in the right context." And then the Third Circuit looked at "the context of the first and second sentences," and determined that "a reasonable jury could find that [the defendant] did not simply wish that [the victim] would suffer harm, but that he was prepared to commit the act himself."

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